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2023-08-05 15:12:10 ET Summary For the second consecutive month, equity CEFs (+2.69% on a NAV basis) on average chalked up plus-side performance while their fixed income CEF cohorts (+1.03%) also posted gains. At month end, 13% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 14...
2023-07-17 06:15:03 ET Summary Writing about your own investing is like "eating your own cooking in public". Here are my top ten personal holdings, the largest "engines" in my own personal Income Factory. Annual total returns for the top ten holdings range from 35% to 4%, depe...
2023-07-08 03:36:51 ET Summary In June, 92% of all closed-end funds (CEFs) posted net asset value (NAV)-based returns in the black, with average returns of 3.57% for equity CEFs and 1.63% for fixed income CEFs. The Natural Resources CEFs classification topped the equity leaderboar...
2023-07-03 15:03:27 ET Summary The Beta coefficient measures the behavior of a security relative to the market: a Beta greater than one indicates the investment is more volatile than the market, and vice versa. Standard Deviation, on the other hand, measures the range of an invest...
2023-07-01 21:58:06 ET Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of June and highlight recent market action. CEFs gave back some of their previous rallies as risk sentiment pulled back. We take a look at a couple of misconceptions we came a...
2023-06-24 01:59:56 ET Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the third week of June and highlight recent market action. CEFs were mostly up on the week due to improving risk sentiment. We discuss a common CEF triple whammy that investors ought to be aw...
2023-06-20 07:35:00 ET Summary Investing in CEFs can be confusing. It doesn't have to be. XFLT is buying investments at a discount to PAR, creating a strong upside. Having a method can help keep you safe. Co-authored with Treading Softly When I was a kid, the...
2023-06-10 22:32:07 ET Summary XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust's semi-annual report shows strong distribution coverage, despite a decline in the latest quarter. The fund has a distribution yield of 15.53% and has benefited from rising interest rates, ...
2023-06-02 09:14:52 ET XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust ( NYSE: XFLT ) declares $0.085/share monthly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 15.41% Payable July 3; for shareholders of record June 15; ex-div June 14. See XF...
2023-06-01 17:18:39 ET Summary The market is composed of the intelligence and emotions of its participants, millions of people whose judgments and assessments guide its prices. Right now, the market is dominated by the expectation of a recession, and any data is read in its antici...
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CHICAGO, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XA Investments (XAI), an alternative investment management and consulting firm, announced the pending transaction, by which XAI will become investment adviser to the Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund (NYSE: MCN), a $146 million listed close...
2024-06-25 17:58:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-06-15 19:00:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...